Pupils from Poker School
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If you live in Dublin, then Poker School can help you improve your game playing. This 8 week course offers beginners & intermediate players alike a FULL course in playing the most popular games of poker.
Games featured on the course are: Texas Hold'Em, 7 Card Stud & Omaha. From hand rankings to sandbagging to final table play you'll learn HOW to maximise your chances of winning every time you sit down at the tables. Everything is covered from blinds to bluffing. When to bet? When to fold? It's all here. This is YOUR CHANCE to improve your game. We've even got an exam at the end to help re-inforce how much you learnt during your 6 weeks of tuition.
FREEROLL
As part of each course all students will be entitled to play in our STUDENTS 1000 FREEROLL event which takes place on week 8 of the course. First prize will be 400. More than enough to cover your course fees!!
DETAILS
Courses will run on Wednesday nights from January 14th 2003 starting at 7pm. Each class will be of 90 minute duration and will comprise of both lecture & practical exercises.
There will be a MAXIMUM of 15 students per class.
Only those students registered for each class will be eligible for the free roll event.
Applications for the course should be made, in the 1st instance, to the Fitzwilliam Club, with a 100 (non-refundable) deposit. Payment of the remaining 100 is due on the first night of classes.
All classes will take place at the Fitzwilliam Card Club, Clifton Hall, Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 611 4677.
The Timetable
Week 1
- Origins
- Basic Strategy for playing
- Hand Rankings
- Introduction to Texas Hold'Em
- Rules Of The Game
- Buttons, Blinds & Betting
- Bet, Raise or Fold?
- Maths behind the Madness
Week 2
- Position is 9/10ths of the Pot
- Hand selection based on position
- Preflop strategy (Tight / Loose)
- Postflop strategy (Tight / Loose)
- Limping for value
Week 3
- Facing a raiser preflop
- Facing a bettor postflop
- Defending the blinds
- Betting for Value
- Calling for Value
- Free Card anyone?
Week 4
- Pot Odds v Gambling
- Trips, Straights & Flushes
- Playing a Monster
- Trapping / Slowplaying
- Sandbagging / Semi Bluffs & Bluffs
Week 5
- A detailed look at final table play
- Short Handed Play
- Heads Up Play!
Week 6
- Looking at Omaha
- Looking at 7 Card Stud
Week 7
- Exam
Week 8- STUDENTS 1000 FREEROLL EVENT
FREEROLL PRIZES (Figures are based on 15 paying students)
The 1000 freeroll event will be for prize money of
1st = 400, 2nd = 200, 3rd & 4th = 100 e.a, 5th - 8th = 50 e.a
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